Indicator · cement-co2-share

Cement's share of fossil CO₂

Process emissions from making cement, as a share of all fossil CO₂.

Unit
%
Places
208 countries in 2024
Built from
National fossil CO2 emissions
Reading it
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World, 1880–2024

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World as a whole. 2024: 3.8%.
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Highest and lowest in 2024

Highest
Togo 34.4%
Djibouti 33.0%
Cambodia 27.5%
Senegal 22.0%
Liberia 21.4%
Lowest
Wallis & Futuna 0.0%
Vanuatu 0.0%
Tuvalu 0.0%
Turks & Caicos Islands 0.0%
Tonga 0.0%

64 countries share this value; five are shown, alphabetically.

How it is computed

GCB fossil CO₂, cement / total, from the National fossil CO2 emissions dataset on this site. visualizedata.org computes the indicator for every place and year; the full table, the map and each place's history are on its page there. The underlying data, with its source and license, is on the dataset page, with the API and downloads.